HUMMEL SPICE SET

HUMMEL SPICE SET

The Hummel spice set will make any collector’s mouth water with envy. The sheer beauty of each and every spice container is a link to the history of the enchanting artwork that was made by M. J. Hummel. The Hummel spice set is a twenty-four piece set of spice jars. Each of the spice containers are covered in an ivory glaze and trimmed in a magnificent 24K gold border. As you look at each spice jar you will see that each container has a different Hummel work of art placed on one side of the spice jar. The artwork is a picture of a small child in a setting that will melt your heart and warm your soul. As you turn the Hummel jar around you will notice a history of each spice that is printed on every jar of the Hummel spice set. It is a brief description of the spice and its origins. The Hummel spice set has the cutest little lids that rest on top of each Hummel piece in the set. The lids also have rubber seals around the rims so that the spices will retain there freshness and flavor. If you pick-up one of the jars from the set just look at the bottom to ensure that it is stamped with the real M. J. Hummel trademark. The M. J. Hummel spice set is usually displayed in a beautiful wood spice rack that holds all twenty-four spice jars to proudly display on any wall or counter top.

As you go back in time you will discover what makes the Hummel spice set such a valuable treasure to possess. M.J. Hummel or (Berta) was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1909. She started school at age six and amazed her teacher with her artistic talents for such a young girl. When Berta became twelve, she was sent to Merianhoehe, the Institute of English Sisters. With the religious influence of the Sisters at the school and the talented teaching of Sister Stephania in her art studies, Berta was becoming quite the artist. At age eighteen Berta moved to Munich to get professional training at the Academy of Applied Arts. After graduating with top honors from the Academy Berta Hummel declined to stay and teach at the school. Her love of god and the friendship of two Sisters helped in her decision to pledge her life to the Convent of Siessen.

Berta has a love for children. She enjoyed teaching her art classes to the girl’s at a school named St. Anna in Sauigau. Many of the families that resided at Sauigau would have Berta paint a portrait of their child. Is it possible that some of these portraits are the ones on the Hummel spice set? As Berta finished her novitiate in 1931 she took the name Maria Innocentia Hummel. Sister Maria Hummel continued to draw and her artwork was placed on cards and published in books. Franz Goebel, is renowned for his fine quality porcelain company. After tracking down Sister Hummel, Franz convinced the Sister to have her drawings of the children made into porcelain figurines. An agreement was reached between the two parties and the papers were signed on January 9th 1935. It was the beginning of the first M.J. Hummel figurines. The Hummel figurines quickly took the hearts of all who looked upon them. They spread through out Germany and the US. M. J. Hummel died in1946 at the age of 37.

The Hummel spice set is designed from the artworks of a Sister who loved the children in her drawings. She captured their youthful entices in her drawing that would become a collectible to cherish. The Hummel spice set gives us twenty-four of her masterpieces to look at as we use the spices in the rack to enhance our meals and our lives. God gave her this gift to share with the world. It is truly a blessing to have a Hummel spice set sitting on a kitchen counter filled with the spices that make it so complete.